---
title: "UKRI Travel Management Contract"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-07873b"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION"
published: "2026-10-14"
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# UKRI Travel Management Contract

Buyer: UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07873b

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## Summary

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) intends to replace its organisation-wide travel management service. The requirement is for national and international business travel booking and related travel management services, rather than travel for the general public. UKRI expects to use the Government Commercial Agency’s Travel, Transport, Accommodation and Venue Solutions framework, specifically its lot for UK-booked national and international business travel. The service is for UKRI, with delivery across the United Kingdom. UK Shared Business Services Ltd is managing the procurement on UKRI’s behalf. The existing travel management contract is due to expire in February 2027, and the planned replacement is intended to maintain travel management provision for UKRI.

This is at the planning stage: UKRI has declared its intention to procure a replacement, but has not issued an invitation to tender. The planned route is a selective procurement through the pre-Procurement Act commercial tool and the relevant framework lot. The buyer anticipates a contract running from 22 February 2027 to 21 February 2029, with an extension option that could take the end date to 21 February 2031. The estimated value is £30 million excluding VAT, or £36 million including VAT. The procurement is presented as one lot. These are planning details, not dates or terms for a bid submission; the buyer has not yet set out evaluation criteria or supplier eligibility requirements.

The work is likely to suit providers with the operational capability to manage business travel bookings for a UK-wide organisation, including national and international travel. UKRI has identified the relevant framework route, so suppliers would need to be positioned to compete through that framework’s applicable lot. The buyer has marked the requirement as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises, indicating that participation is not limited to large businesses. No particular accreditations, technical standards, staffing levels or prior experience requirements have yet been stated. Suppliers in travel management can use the planning period to consider their framework eligibility and readiness for a future competition.

## Notice

This pipeline notice is for information only. UKRI's current Travel Management Contract is due to expire in February 2027 with no options to extend. UKRI will be looking to procure a replacement Travel Management Contract via the GCA framework RM6342 lot 2 UK Booked National and International Business Travel. At this stage, no further details are available beyond what is published here.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096867-2026 |
| Notice type | UK1 - Pipeline Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Using pre-Procurement Act commercial tool |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 22 Feb 2027 - 21 Feb 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £30,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION |
| Locality | SWINDON |
| Postcode area | Swindon |
| Postcode | SN2 1FL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK71 Swindon |
| Local authority | Swindon |
| Electoral ward | Rodbourne Cheney |
| Westminster constituency | Swindon North |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

### Codes

- 63516000 - Travel management services

## Release History

- 14 Oct 2026 at 10:58 - Planning - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096867-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096867-2026
  14th October 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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